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Step 4: Choose the Accommodation
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People with cognitive or intellectual impairments may have limitations in adaptive skills, such as communicating with others, or exhibiting appropriate social skills. Potential accommodations include:


Square Blue Bullet Providing sensitivity training (disability awareness) to all employees


Square Blue Bullet Using role-play scenarios to demonstrate appropriate behavior in workplace


Square Blue Bullet Using training videos to demonstrate appropriate behavior in workplace


Square Blue Bullet Modeling appropriate social skills, such as:


     Square Blue Bullet Where to eat at work


     Square Blue Bullet When to eat at work


     Square Blue Bullet When to hug other co-workers


     Square Blue Bullet How to pay for coffee


     Square Blue Bullet What to do if you are mad


     Square Blue Bullet Who to ask for help


     Square Blue Bullet When to leave a workstation